Singer Dido has been partying as much as possible over the last year to find inspiration for her next album.
The British star, who recently started work on the follow-up to 2003's Life For Rent, also moved to Los Angeles to lead her new-found hedonistic lifestyle.
She tells MTV, "I have to say I spent last year (05) just having a good time. I sort of travelled and partied. In a way, I just wanted something to write about.
"I get really stuck in a bubble on tour, and I don't want to write songs about being on it. I want to just have a life and write and feel stuff.
"So I'm having a life, and it's been interesting."